This .git file (or link to it) is what you need to properly load / link the GitHub repo into your local IDE.
In the PyCharm IDE, you'll first not see a Git tab at the top.
You'll need to install the Git plugin for PyCharm.
File > Settings > Version Control > GitHub
Click the + symbol
Login via GitHub
It'll open a browser tab:
Then you'll see something like this:
Click Apply, OK
Click VCS > Get from Version Control...
Click GitHub on the left menu
Then find your repo in the list that appears
Click Clone button at the bottom.
This will clone the repo from GitHub into a local directory. After working on it locally, you'll have "push" (or do a "pull request") the local version of the code to GitHub. If you're able to just push, you won't have to do anything extra. If you do a pull request, then you'll also have to login to GitHub in the browser and accept the pull request.
This .git file (or link to it) is what you need to properly load / link the GitHub repo into your local IDE.
In the PyCharm IDE, you'll first not see a Git tab at the top. You'll need to install the Git plugin for PyCharm.
Click Apply, OK
Click VCS > Get from Version Control...
Click GitHub on the left menu
Then find your repo in the list that appears
Click Clone button at the bottom. This will clone the repo from GitHub into a local directory. After working on it locally, you'll have "push" (or do a "pull request") the local version of the code to GitHub. If you're able to just push, you won't have to do anything extra. If you do a pull request, then you'll also have to login to GitHub in the browser and accept the pull request.